Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt, with overlaid text elements.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt, with overlaid text elements.

Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt, with overlaid text elements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • text overlaid on person
  • text positioned left and right
  • person centered

Dense Caption

Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt. Left side shows text "I <3" in white block letters on black background. Right side shows text "tin Biel" in white block letters on black background. Background is dark gray. Image has low-resolution, pixelated rendering typical of early 2000s digital art. Text elements are positioned over the person's head and chest area.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt, with overlaid text elements.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • person brown hair black cap purple shirt
  • I <3 tin Biel text
  • pixelated text overlay
  • dark gray background

Visible Text

  • I <3
  • tin Biel

Wordwall

  • brown hair
  • black cap
  • purple shirt
  • white text
  • black background
  • dark gray background
  • pixelated
  • I <3
  • tin Biel

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200907251927448873500
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.6 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/50/505ab288ca9389c130a60a4dca7ab3ff4b7ea0a404812b2a920a30844cc83555.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Archive ID
505ab288ca9389c1
SHA-256
505ab288ca9389c130a60a4dca7ab3ff4b7ea0a404812b2a920a30844cc83555
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 13, 2026 at 01:00 UTC
Run
1287
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.001252

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.001252falsesexual0.000918falseself-harm0.000585falseself-harm/intent0.000229falseviolence/graphic0.000016falseself-harm/instructions0.000003falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:20 UTC
Run
1034
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.160706

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.938278onnx/unsafe0.160706onnx/nsfw0.123295onnx/nsfl0.037411
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt, with overlaid text elements.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 15:16 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,385 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,140, response 649

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • dark gray (color, 0.80)
  • purple (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky text (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • person (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • brown
  • black
  • purple
  • white
  • dark gray

Composition

  • text overlaid on person
  • text positioned left and right
  • person centered

Dense Caption

Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt. Left side shows text "I <3" in white block letters on black background. Right side shows text "tin Biel" in white block letters on black background. Background is dark gray. Image has low-resolution, pixelated rendering typical of early 2000s digital art. Text elements are positioned over the person's head and chest area.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt, with overlaid text elements.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • person brown hair black cap purple shirt
  • I <3 tin Biel text
  • pixelated text overlay
  • dark gray background

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky text
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • person

Visible Text

  • I <3
  • tin Biel

Wordwall

  • brown hair
  • black cap
  • purple shirt
  • white text
  • black background
  • dark gray background
  • pixelated
  • I <3
  • tin Biel
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "505ab288ca9389c130a60a4dca7ab3ff4b7ea0a404812b2a920a30844cc83555",
  "description": "Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt, with overlaid text elements.",
  "denseCaption": "Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt. Left side shows text \u0022I \u003C3\u0022 in white block letters on black background. Right side shows text \u0022tin Biel\u0022 in white block letters on black background. Background is dark gray. Image has low-resolution, pixelated rendering typical of early 2000s digital art. Text elements are positioned over the person\u0027s head and chest area.",
  "wordwall": [
    "brown hair",
    "black cap",
    "purple shirt",
    "white text",
    "black background",
    "dark gray background",
    "pixelated",
    "I \u003C3",
    "tin Biel"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "I \u003C3",
    "tin Biel"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "person"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [],
  "colors": [
    "brown",
    "black",
    "purple",
    "white",
    "dark gray"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "blocky text",
    "low-resolution"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "text overlaid on person",
    "text positioned left and right",
    "person centered"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "neutral"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "person brown hair black cap purple shirt",
    "I \u003C3 tin Biel text",
    "pixelated text overlay",
    "dark gray background"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "person",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: person"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blocky text",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blocky text"
    },
    {
      "tag": "low resolution",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: low-resolution"
    },
    {
      "tag": "neutral",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: neutral"
    },
    {
      "tag": "brown",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: brown"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "purple",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: purple"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    },
    {
      "tag": "dark gray",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: dark gray"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "505ab288ca9389c130a60a4dca7ab3ff4b7ea0a404812b2a920a30844cc83555",
        "description": "Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt, with overlaid text elements.",
        "denseCaption": "Pixelated image of a person with brown hair wearing a black cap and purple shirt. Left side shows text \u0022I \u003C3\u0022 in white block letters on black background. Right side shows text \u0022tin Biel\u0022 in white block letters on black background. Background is dark gray. Image has low-resolution, pixelated rendering typical of early 2000s digital art. Text elements are positioned over the person\u0027s head and chest area.",
        "wordwall": [
          "brown hair",
          "black cap",
          "purple shirt",
          "white text",
          "black background",
          "dark gray background",
          "pixelated",
          "I \u003C3",
          "tin Biel"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "I \u003C3",
          "tin Biel"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "person"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [],
        "colors": [
          "brown",
          "black",
          "purple",
          "white",
          "dark gray"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "blocky text",
          "low-resolution"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "text overlaid on person",
          "text positioned left and right",
          "person centered"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "neutral"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "person brown hair black cap purple shirt",
          "I \u003C3 tin Biel text",
          "pixelated text overlay",
          "dark gray background"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200907251927448873500
Archive entry
200907251927448873500.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:00 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200907251927448873500.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200907251927448873500.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016